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Cascadia : the elusive Utopia : exploring the spirit of the Pacific Northwest / editor, Douglas Todd.
This collection explores the unique spirituality and culture of Cascadia, which includes British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Envied around the world, Cascadia is famous for its mountains, evergreens, and livable cities. Less well known is that Cascadia is home to the least institutionally religious people on the continent. Despite this, Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia argues that most of the region's 14 million residents feel deeply "spiritual." Many gain their sense of the sacred from the spectacular and imposing land.--From cover.
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- ISBN: 1553800605
- ISBN: 9781553800606
- Physical Description: 326 p., [34] p. of plates : ill. (some col.). maps (some col.) ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Vancouver, BC : Ronsdale Press, c2008.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction / Douglas Todd -- The promise and limits of secular spirituality in Cascadia / Mark A. Shibley -- Mapping spirituality and values in the elusive utopia / Andrew Grenville -- Memory, novelty and possibility in this place / Patricia O'Connell Killen -- Cascadia once upon a time / Jean Barman -- Cascadian civil religion from a North American perspective / Mark Silk -- Secular utopias versus religious credos : one cascadia or more? / Philip Resnick -- Geography, spirituality and social change in Cascadia : a bioregional perspective / Mike Carr -- Sustainability and spirituality in Cascadia / Peter Drury -- Toward a new Cascadian civil religion of nature / Sallie McFague -- "The divine brushing against the natural" : Pacific Northwest magic realism / Paulo Lemos Horta -- Let the salmon be salmon : the international peace arch as symbol and challenge / Eleanor J. Stebner -- A geo-indigenous world view from the far west coast of Cascadia / Eli Bliss Enns -- Conjectures on workplace spirituality in Cascadia / Mark Wexler -- Nature-based spirituality in Cascadia : prospects and pitfalls / Gail Wells -- Cascadian contemplations.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Smithers Public Library | ANF 204.09795 TOD (Text) | 35101000266390 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Historians, social scientists, writers, theologians and others explore the spiritual dimension of the west coast of North America from Oregon through Washington to British Columbia. They cover religion, spirituality, and values; history; nature; and culture. Among the topics of the 14 essays are the promise and limits of secular spirituality in Cascadia, secular utopia versus religious credos, sustainability and spirituality, magic realism, and the prospects and pitfalls of nature-based spirituality. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Independent Publishing Group
This collection explores the unique spirituality and culture of Cascadia, which includes British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Envied around the world, Cascadia is famous for its mountains, evergreens, and livable cities. Less well known is that Cascadia is home to the least institutionally religious people on the continent. Despite this, Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia argues that most of the regionâ s 14 million residents feel deeply â spiritual.â Many gain their sense of the sacred from the spectacular and imposing land.Brought together by critically acclaimed Vancouver Sun writer Douglas Todd, 15 leading writers, scholars, bio-regionalists, pollsters, aboriginals, economists, philosophers and literary specialists explain how the Pacific Northwest is nurturing a unique â spirituality of place,â which could become a model for the planet.In this book readers will find a vision of a healthy future: an elusive utopia. Canadian and American contributors include historian Jean Barman, Canadian poet laureate George Bowering, political philosopher Philip Resnick, religion scholar Patricia Oâ Connell Killen and American-Canadian eco-thinker Sallie McFague. - Litdistco
This book will appeal to anyone who wants to understand the unique culture and spirituality of the fast-growing Pacific Northwest, which includes British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Envied by people around the world, Cascadia, as it is known, is remarkable for its famed mountains, evergreens, eagles, beaches and livable cities. Most people, however, do not realize that Cascadia, named after the region's "cascading" waterfalls, is also home to the least institutionally religious people on the continent. Despite their unusual resistance to old ways of doing religion, Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia argues that most of the 14 million residents of this rugged land are eclectically, informally, often deeply "spiritual." One could not ask for more insightful Canadians and Americans to explain in lively detail how people in the Pacific Northwest get a sense of belonging out of finding fresh ways to experience the sacred. They do so particularly through the land, which in Cascadia, unlike in most parts of North America, is untamed and spectacular. Many find it overwhelming, humbling. In this original book, 15 leading writers, historians, bio-regionalists, pollsters, scholars, economists, philosophers, eco-theologians, literary analysts and poets explain how the Pacific Northwest is nurturing a unique "spirituality of place, ." which could become a model for the planet. Brought together by critically-acclaimed Vancouver Sun spirituality writer Douglas Todd, the gifted contributors to this book highlight Cascadians' unusually strong attraction to personal freedom, do-it-yourself optimism, "secular-but-spiritual" nature reverence and envisioning a healthy future that's never before been realized: an elusive utopia. Contributors include noted historian Jean Barman, Canadian poet laureate George Bowering, political philosopher Philip Resnick, religion scholar Patricia O'Connell Killen and American-Canadian eco-theologian Sallie McFague.